Homicide Watch Chicago

By ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Norman W. White | Facebook

The 50-year-old White was standing in the lot of a gas station at 3:17 a.m. in the 8300 block of South Stony Island, talking to the driver of the Pace minivan, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police said White was awaiting a ride on the van, but family members said White once worked for the company that provides drivers, and was talking to the driver of the van, a friend and former coi-worker.

Another man walked up to him, forced him into the van at gunpoint, then tried to take his cell phone, police said.
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David Marin man was shot to death Friday night in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Family members said Marin, a father of one, had moved to Colorao to get away from the violence in the city, but after returning for a family event, had moved back to the area.

The 26-year-old was standing on the sidewalk about 10:20 p.m. in the 4600 block of South Washtenaw, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A silver SUV went past and someone inside fired shots at him, police said.

Marin was struck several times and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. An autopsy showed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Authorities said he lived in Marquette Park, but a family member said he lived in southwest suburban Joliet. He had come into the city to get a haircut the night he was killed.

A GoFundMe page set up to help his family with expenses had raised more than $3,100 in just one day.

The creator of the page wrote: “David had an impact in EVERYONE’S life. He had his own unique bond with all of us individually! We all gained an angel and have to be strong. He definitely was the BEST FATHER FRIEND BROTHER AND SON.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Seventeen-year-old Cercy Robinson was walking through a vacant lot about four blocks from his West Garfield Park neighborhood home Friday evening when gunshots were fired.

The teen was struck in the chest just after 6 p.m. in the 4500 block of West Jackson, according to Chicago Police and the COok County medial examiner’s office.

Robinson was was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 7:44 p.m., authorities said.

An autopsy showed he died of complications from a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The teen, known to friends as “Serg Glo,” lived about four blocks away from where he was shot.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Dante T. Neely was found shot to death Friday afternoon in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.

The 40-year-old Neely was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the forehead and chin about 4:45 p.m. in the 8300 block of South Hamilton, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Neely, who lived just a couple blocks away in the same neighborhood, was dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy Saturday found he died from multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Aaron D. Land | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.

Aaron D. Land was ordered held without bond Saturday for the June 24 killing of the 44-year-old Baker, authorities said.

About 5 a.m. that day, several witnesses inside a home in the 1600 block of North Menard saw Land stab Baker repeatedly during a fight over a woman, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Baker, a Humboldt Park resident, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he died at 5:27 a.m., authorities said.

An arrest warrant for Land was issued on July 7, and CPD’s fugitive apprehension team tracked the 32-year-old down Thursday in the 5600 block of West Madison, according to police and court records.

Land, who lives in Homan Square, was charged with first-degree murder. Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered him held without bond Saturday. He is due in court again on Monday.

A man found shot to death in the Princeton Park neighborhood late Thursday on the Far South Side has been identified as Dautreau P. Bates, but police have few details about the shooting.

At 11:50 p.m., officers responding to a shooting found the 29-year-old Bates with a head wound, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was lying in the street next to a vehicle in the 200 block of West 95th Street, police said.

Bates was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 12:26 a.m. Friday, authorities said. He lived about two blocks away from where he was shot.

The circumstances of the shooting were unknown, police said. No one was in custody.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Gregory Williams Jr. was found by police officers shot to death early Friday in a car in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.

Officers found the 25-year-old Williams with a gunshot wound to the head about 2:45 a.m. inside a vehicle that was double parked in the 8000 block of South Vernon, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:10 a.m., authorities said. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By RACHEL HINTON
Chicago Sun-Times

Tyrone Montalvo | Chicago Police

The lecture was not well received, and their argument escalated to a brawl during which Tyrone Montalvo allegedly stabbed his older brother five times, killing him.

At a bond hearing Friday, prosecutors said Tyrone’s critique of Alejandro’s parenting was that the older man “wasn’t there for his kids.”

Tyrone, 28, bowed his head as Assistant State’s Attorney Jamie Santini recounted the fatal quarrel and listed the wounds to 32-year-old Alejandro’s side, shoulder and back.
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A man fatally shot Thursday afternoon in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood has been identified as 29-year-old Derrick Murray.

About 12:20 p.m., Murray was in the 4600 block of West Augusta when someone walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was shot multiple times in his upper body, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:58 p.m., authorities said.

Murray lived in the Lawndale neighborhood.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man shot to death early Thursday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as 28-year-old Laquante M. Smith.

Smith was standing outside about 12:20 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Lexington when shots rang out, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was struck multiple times in the “lower extremities,” and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 2:42 a.m., authorities said. Smith was a resident of Lawndale.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire